Education Secretary Criticizes Affirmative Action
By Charles Dervarics
Race-conscious college admissions hurt low-income minority students by pitting them against more affluent African American and Latino youth who could afford college anyway, U.S. Education Secretary Roderick Paige says.
In his latest effort to push race-neutral college admissions, Paige told an Education Department conference audience that race-conscious admissions promote “economic segregation” by pitting affluent minority students against their low-income peers. “And the major losers in the contest are, once again, the low-income minority kids,” he said.
